My IMDB Top 250
Since 2006, I have seen one hundred and six (106) movies which are in the top 250 on IMDB. Taking into account movies watched before my records started, I have seen one hundred and thirty-three (133) of them. Note, I am comparing movies watched against a snap-shot of the top 250 IMDB list as it was available on 1st October 2008. Compared to the similar list in 2005 I have seen sixty-four more movies!
| Movie Title | IMDB Votes | IMDB Rating | My Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shawshank Redemption | 376,765 | 9.1 | |
| 2 | The Godfather | 320,677 | 9.1 | |
| 3 | The Dark Knight | 282,736 | 9.0 | 9 |
| 4 | The Godfather: Part II | 181,949 | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il | 107,405 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 6 | Pulp Fiction | 314,003 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 7 | Schindler’s List | 207,822 | 8.8 | |
| 8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 158,308 | 8.8 | 8 |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 218,666 | 8.8 | |
| 10 | 12 Angry Men | 77,405 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 11 | Casablanca | 132,907 | 8.8 | 7 |
| 12 | Star Wars | 259,593 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 13 | Shichinin no samurai | 75,279 | 8.8 | |
| 14 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 278,244 | 8.8 | |
| 15 | Goodfellas | 171,511 | 8.7 | |
| 16 | Rear Window | 89,765 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 17 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 195,104 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 18 | Cidade de Deus | 113,343 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 19 | C’era una volta il West | 52,036 | 8.7 | |
| 20 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 307,553 | 8.7 | |
| 21 | The Usual Suspects | 210,249 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 22 | Psycho | 109,512 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 23 | Fight Club | 280,979 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 24 | The Silence of the Lambs | 187,404 | 8.6 | |
| 25 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 125,075 | 8.6 | 7 |
| 26 | North by Northwest | 71,901 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 27 | Memento | 203,778 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 28 | Sunset Blvd. | 39,091 | 8.6 | |
| 29 | WALL·E | 74,816 | 8.6 | 10 |
| 30 | Citizen Kane | 112,308 | 8.6 | 7 |
| 31 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 255,599 | 8.6 | |
| 32 | The Matrix | 293,837 | 8.6 | 10 |
| 33 | It’s a Wonderful Life | 79,220 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 34 | Se7en | 205,979 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 35 | Lawrence of Arabia | 62,898 | 8.5 | |
| 36 | Apocalypse Now | 135,296 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 37 | Léon | 142,649 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 38 | Taxi Driver | 115,038 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 39 | American Beauty | 228,411 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 40 | American History X | 163,125 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 41 | Vertigo | 70,080 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 42 | Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le | 136,202 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 43 | Paths of Glory | 32,934 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 44 | M | 29,284 | 8.5 | |
| 45 | The Departed | 185,996 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 46 | Forrest Gump | 218,451 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 47 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 64,037 | 8.4 | 7 |
| 48 | A Clockwork Orange | 146,970 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 49 | Alien | 136,404 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 50 | Chinatown | 58,792 | 8.4 | |
| 51 | The Third Man | 38,816 | 8.4 | |
| 52 | Leben der Anderen, Das | 44,583 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 53 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 24,537 | 8.4 | |
| 54 | Double Indemnity | 26,681 | 8.4 | |
| 55 | The Shining | 129,628 | 8.4 | |
| 56 | The Pianist | 92,439 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 57 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 160,338 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 58 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | 72,034 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 59 | Saving Private Ryan | 208,597 | 8.4 | |
| 60 | Laberinto del fauno, El | 106,776 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 61 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 124,687 | 8.4 | |
| 62 | Requiem for a Dream | 133,366 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 63 | L.A. Confidential | 131,647 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 64 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 45,569 | 8.4 | |
| 65 | Aliens | 130,463 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 66 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 172,519 | 8.4 | |
| 67 | Boot, Das | 55,716 | 8.4 | |
| 68 | Reservoir Dogs | 160,590 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 69 | Rashômon | 28,586 | 8.4 | |
| 70 | The Maltese Falcon | 39,889 | 8.4 | |
| 71 | Raging Bull | 67,366 | 8.4 | |
| 72 | Metropolis | 28,861 | 8.4 | |
| 73 | Untergang, Der | 55,968 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 74 | City Lights | 18,741 | 8.3 | |
| 75 | Modern Times | 25,385 | 8.3 | |
| 76 | Rebecca | 26,142 | 8.3 | |
| 77 | All About Eve | 26,874 | 8.3 | |
| 78 | Singin’ in the Rain | 42,267 | 8.3 | |
| 79 | No Country for Old Men | 132,534 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 80 | The Prestige | 135,229 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 81 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 124,904 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 82 | Some Like It Hot | 51,330 | 8.3 | |
| 83 | Amadeus | 74,500 | 8.3 | |
| 84 | Vita è bella, La | 80,171 | 8.3 | |
| 85 | Sin City | 189,097 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 86 | The Elephant Man | 42,057 | 8.3 | |
| 87 | The Great Escape | 46,419 | 8.3 | |
| 88 | Sjunde inseglet, Det | 26,371 | 8.3 | |
| 89 | Hotel Rwanda | 65,207 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 90 | On the Waterfront | 30,477 | 8.3 | |
| 91 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 32,996 | 8.3 | |
| 92 | Full Metal Jacket | 112,424 | 8.3 | 9 |
| 93 | The Apartment | 26,134 | 8.3 | |
| 94 | Touch of Evil | 24,292 | 8.3 | 6 |
| 95 | There Will Be Blood | 84,123 | 8.3 | 9 |
| 96 | The Sting | 49,772 | 8.3 | |
| 97 | Once Upon a Time in America | 52,446 | 8.3 | |
| 98 | Batman Begins | 203,374 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 99 | The Great Dictator | 26,262 | 8.3 | |
| 100 | Jaws | 106,189 | 8.3 | |
| 101 | Braveheart | 188,333 | 8.3 | |
| 102 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 25,115 | 8.3 | |
| 103 | Blade Runner | 145,486 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 104 | Back to the Future | 150,488 | 8.3 | |
| 105 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 135,802 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 106 | Strangers on a Train | 24,733 | 8.3 | 7 |
| 107 | Ladri di biciclette | 18,612 | 8.3 | |
| 108 | The Manchurian Candidate | 27,711 | 8.2 | |
| 109 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 168,430 | 8.2 | |
| 110 | High Noon | 25,907 | 8.2 | |
| 111 | Notorious | 23,336 | 8.2 | |
| 112 | Unforgiven | 70,817 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 113 | The Big Sleep | 21,843 | 8.2 | |
| 114 | Oldboy | 63,487 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 115 | Fargo | 128,535 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 116 | The Wizard of Oz | 79,915 | 8.2 | |
| 117 | The Green Mile | 144,157 | 8.2 | |
| 118 | Cool Hand Luke | 32,878 | 8.2 | |
| 119 | Per qualche dollaro in più | 29,169 | 8.2 | |
| 120 | Yojimbo | 21,598 | 8.2 | |
| 121 | Ran | 26,260 | 8.2 | |
| 122 | Gladiator | 209,487 | 8.2 | |
| 123 | Mononoke-hime | 48,177 | 8.2 | |
| 124 | Die Hard | 137,407 | 8.2 | |
| 125 | Donnie Darko | 155,852 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 126 | Salaire de la peur, Le | 9,718 | 8.2 | |
| 127 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 173,919 | 8.2 | |
| 128 | Annie Hall | 48,589 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 129 | It Happened One Night | 17,977 | 8.2 | |
| 130 | Smultronstället | 14,897 | 8.2 | |
| 131 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 99,580 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 132 | The Deer Hunter | 65,966 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 133 | Into the Wild | 49,231 | 8.2 | 10 |
| 134 | The Sixth Sense | 189,647 | 8.2 | |
| 135 | Million Dollar Baby | 99,658 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 136 | Ben-Hur | 44,399 | 8.2 | |
| 137 | The General | 14,488 | 8.2 | |
| 138 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 9,139 | 8.2 | |
| 139 | Platoon | 82,581 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 140 | Notti di Cabiria, Le | 7,522 | 8.1 | |
| 141 | Heat | 107,724 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 142 | Ratatouille | 86,839 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 143 | Life of Brian | 71,995 | 8.1 | |
| 144 | Diaboliques, Les | 9,708 | 8.1 | |
| 145 | The Killing | 17,691 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 146 | Amores perros | 44,407 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 147 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 43,181 | 8.1 | |
| 148 | Witness for the Prosecution | 12,384 | 8.1 | |
| 149 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 9,718 | 8.1 | |
| 150 | Finding Nemo | 119,045 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 151 | 8½ | 20,461 | 8.1 | 5 |
| 152 | The Big Lebowski | 129,701 | 8.1 | 7 |
| 153 | Brief Encounter | 9,143 | 8.1 | |
| 154 | The Graduate | 59,199 | 8.1 | |
| 155 | Battaglia di Algeri, La | 9,283 | 8.1 | |
| 156 | The Wild Bunch | 23,375 | 8.1 | |
| 157 | V for Vendetta | 158,783 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 158 | Dog Day Afternoon | 42,177 | 8.1 | 7 |
| 159 | The Night of the Hunter | 18,053 | 8.1 | |
| 160 | Stand by Me | 68,186 | 8.1 | |
| 161 | Snatch. | 122,065 | 8.1 | 7 |
| 162 | The Incredibles | 116,114 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 163 | The Princess Bride | 101,587 | 8.1 | |
| 164 | Gandhi | 36,921 | 8.1 | |
| 165 | The Grapes of Wrath | 17,146 | 8.1 | |
| 166 | Children of Men | 111,459 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 167 | Trainspotting | 112,728 | 8.1 | |
| 168 | Gone with the Wind | 59,399 | 8.1 | |
| 169 | Shadow of a Doubt | 14,794 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 170 | Harvey | 17,280 | 8.1 | |
| 171 | The Gold Rush | 14,836 | 8.1 | |
| 172 | Scarface | 108,876 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 173 | The Thing | 53,576 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 174 | Groundhog Day | 99,983 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 175 | Letters from Iwo Jima | 36,538 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 176 | Toy Story | 104,215 | 8.0 | 10 |
| 177 | The Lion King | 93,612 | 8.0 | |
| 178 | Sleuth | 12,007 | 8.0 | |
| 179 | The African Queen | 26,609 | 8.0 | |
| 180 | The Terminator | 129,725 | 8.0 | |
| 181 | Crash | 129,840 | 8.0 | 10 |
| 182 | The Conversation | 23,671 | 8.0 | |
| 183 | Twelve Monkeys | 128,222 | 8.0 | 7 |
| 184 | The Hustler | 18,586 | 8.0 | |
| 185 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 16,987 | 8.0 | |
| 186 | Duck Soup | 20,075 | 8.0 | |
| 187 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 6,262 | 8.0 | |
| 188 | The Lady Vanishes | 12,512 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 189 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 89,131 | 8.0 | |
| 190 | Umberto D. | 5,750 | 8.0 | |
| 191 | Belle et la bête, La | 7,150 | 8.0 | |
| 192 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | 134,907 | 8.0 | |
| 193 | The Best Years of Our Lives | 12,907 | 8.0 | |
| 194 | Hotaru no haka | 23,368 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 195 | King Kong | 29,016 | 8.0 | |
| 196 | Ed Wood | 55,259 | 8.0 | |
| 197 | Wo hu cang long | 89,464 | 8.0 | |
| 198 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 21,062 | 8.0 | |
| 199 | Little Miss Sunshine | 106,924 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 200 | Scaphandre et le papillon, Le | 14,766 | 8.0 | 9 |
| 201 | Patton | 30,207 | 8.0 | |
| 202 | The Lost Weekend | 8,630 | 8.0 | |
| 203 | Stalag 17 | 15,550 | 8.0 | |
| 204 | Iron Man | 100,958 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 205 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 22,633 | 8.0 | |
| 206 | The Exorcist | 76,804 | 8.0 | |
| 207 | Casino | 77,876 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 208 | The Kid | 8,434 | 8.0 | |
| 209 | Glory | 44,412 | 8.0 | |
| 210 | Frankenstein | 16,895 | 8.0 | |
| 211 | Dial M for Murder | 20,559 | 8.0 | 9 |
| 212 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 7,429 | 8.0 | |
| 213 | Bonnie and Clyde | 29,910 | 8.0 | |
| 214 | Anatomy of a Murder | 11,172 | 8.0 | |
| 215 | Rope | 21,553 | 8.0 | 9 |
| 216 | Magnolia | 96,154 | 8.0 | 7 |
| 217 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 15,769 | 8.0 | |
| 218 | Rosemary’s Baby | 34,935 | 8.0 | 6 |
| 219 | A Streetcar Named Desire | 24,343 | 8.0 | |
| 220 | Spartacus | 38,017 | 8.0 | 9 |
| 221 | The Philadelphia Story | 21,431 | 8.0 | |
| 222 | Bride of Frankenstein | 11,879 | 8.0 | |
| 223 | Big Fish | 99,824 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 224 | Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das | 12,328 | 8.0 | |
| 225 | In the Heat of the Night | 16,669 | 8.0 | |
| 226 | Roman Holiday | 22,562 | 8.0 | |
| 227 | Manhattan | 28,176 | 8.0 | |
| 228 | Network | 22,616 | 8.0 | |
| 229 | His Girl Friday | 15,257 | 8.0 | |
| 230 | Mystic River | 83,786 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 231 | Stalker | 14,473 | 8.0 | 7 |
| 232 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 17,605 | 8.0 | |
| 233 | Strada, La | 12,324 | 8.0 | |
| 234 | Mou gaan dou | 25,560 | 8.0 | |
| 235 | Young Frankenstein | 47,360 | 8.0 | |
| 236 | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 13,428 | 8.0 | |
| 237 | In Bruges | 34,086 | 8.0 | 7 |
| 238 | Dolce vita, La | 13,773 | 8.0 | |
| 239 | Arsenic and Old Lace | 22,792 | 8.0 | |
| 240 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 183,507 | 8.0 | 7 |
| 241 | The Searchers | 23,514 | 8.0 | |
| 242 | Rocky | 63,943 | 7.9 | |
| 243 | Great Expectations | 6,527 | 7.9 | |
| 244 | Lola rennt | 66,311 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 245 | Planet of the Apes | 41,674 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 246 | Hauru no ugoku shiro | 29,422 | 7.9 | 6 |
| 247 | Barry Lyndon | 29,259 | 7.9 | |
| 248 | Shaun of the Dead | 94,888 | 7.9 | |
| 249 | Ace in the Hole | 4,675 | 7.9 | |
| 250 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 53,755 | 7.9 | 6 |
